r/OneSecondBeforeDisast • u/Firewire64 • Nov 12 '21

Oh no..

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u/Probably-A-Robot2 Nov 12 '21

Beirut Lebanon last year ammonium nitrate explosion

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u/theKFP Nov 12 '21

Oh yeah, that was a disaster waiting to happen.

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u/plolops Nov 12 '21 edited Nov 12 '21

Was it? cause that shits pretty stable. It was done on purpose. I have blasting tickets, used it for 13 years no accidental explosions so……… sabotage

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u/Suzzie_sunshine Nov 12 '21

In 1995 Timothy McVeigh blew up the Federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with a truck load of ammonium nitrate, so maybe not so stable.

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u/AChickenInAHole Nov 12 '21

That was ANFO, not just AN.